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The conscious parent's guide to gender identity : a mindful approach to embracing your child's authentic self / Darlene Tando, LCSW.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The conscious parent's guidesPublisher: Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, 2016Description: 239 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440596308
  • 1440596301
Subject(s):
Contents:
Conscious parenting -- Gender 101 -- Connecting to your child -- Foundations of parenting -- Parenting the gender-expansive child -- Parenting the transgender child -- Trust yourself -- Stay in the now -- Interventions -- Outside influences -- Siblings and extended family -- Helping your gender-expansive child with teasing -- School -- Dysphoria -- Coping and self-care.
Summary: "If your child is questioning their gender identity, you may have questions of your own. The Conscious Parent's Guide to Gender Identity helps answer those questions, providing a relationship-oriented approach to supporting your child's journey. Conscious parenting means being present with your children and taking the time to understand their point of view. Using this mindful method, you can support and guide your children as they discover their authentic selves. With this easy-to-navigate guide, you'll learn how to ... Communicate openly with your child about gender identity Empower your child to make their own decisions Create a welcoming environment at home Guide your child through social and medical transitions Help your child feel comfortable with friends, at school, and in your community Deal with others' opinions about your parenting choices Plan a happy, successful future for you and your childThis mindful method of parenting will allow you and your children to strengthen your bond while allowing them to be who they truly are"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Guide for parents about how to approach a child's gender expansiveness and help their child understand and transition to a new gender identity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 305.3 T163 Available 33111009176625
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

If your child is questioning their gender identity, you may have questions of your own-- T he Conscious Parent's Guide to Gender Identity helps answer those questions, providing a relationship-oriented approach to supporting your child's journey.

Conscious parenting means being present with your children and taking the time to understand their point of view, especially when it comes to supporting their exploration of gender identity. Using this mindful method, you can support and guide your children as they discover their authentic selves.

With this easy-to-navigate guide, you'll learn how to:

-Communicate openly with your child about gender identity

-Empower your child to make their own decisions

-Create a welcoming environment at home

-Guide your child through social and medical transitions

-Help your child feel comfortable with friends, at school, and in your community

-Deal with others' opinions about your parenting choices

-Plan a happy, successful future for you and your child

This mindful method of parenting will allow you and your children to strengthen your bond while allowing them to be who they truly are.

"If your child is questioning their gender identity, you may have questions of your own. The Conscious Parent's Guide to Gender Identity helps answer those questions, providing a relationship-oriented approach to supporting your child's journey. Conscious parenting means being present with your children and taking the time to understand their point of view. Using this mindful method, you can support and guide your children as they discover their authentic selves. With this easy-to-navigate guide, you'll learn how to ... Communicate openly with your child about gender identity Empower your child to make their own decisions Create a welcoming environment at home Guide your child through social and medical transitions Help your child feel comfortable with friends, at school, and in your community Deal with others' opinions about your parenting choices Plan a happy, successful future for you and your childThis mindful method of parenting will allow you and your children to strengthen your bond while allowing them to be who they truly are"-- Provided by publisher.

"Guide for parents about how to approach a child's gender expansiveness and help their child understand and transition to a new gender identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conscious parenting -- Gender 101 -- Connecting to your child -- Foundations of parenting -- Parenting the gender-expansive child -- Parenting the transgender child -- Trust yourself -- Stay in the now -- Interventions -- Outside influences -- Siblings and extended family -- Helping your gender-expansive child with teasing -- School -- Dysphoria -- Coping and self-care.

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